Update the database only without dedicate the FCP while creating the

instance

Signed-off-by: Malar2703 <ponmalarkaruppasamy@gmail.com>

Author: Malar2703

zvmsdk/volumeop.py

@@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ def _rollback_added_disks(self, fcp_list, assigner_id, target_wwpns, target_lun,
 
     def _do_attach(self, fcp_list, assigner_id, target_wwpns, target_lun,
                    multipath, os_version, mount_point, is_root_volume,
-                   fcp_template_id, do_rollback=True):
+                   fcp_template_id, update_connections_only, do_rollback=True):
         """Attach a volume
 
         :param do_rollback (Bool)
@@ -2164,7 +2164,11 @@ def _do_attach(self, fcp_list, assigner_id, target_wwpns, target_lun,
                 # otherwise the FCP device has been dedicated already.
                 # if _dedicate_fcp() raise exception for an FCP device, we must stop
                 # the whole attachment to go to except-block to do rollback operations.
-                if fcp_connections[fcp] == 1:
+
+                # If update_connections set to True, means upper layer want
+                # to update database record only. For example, try to create
+                # the instance, then no need to dedicate the FCP device.
+                if fcp_connections[fcp] == 1 and not update_connections_only:
                     LOG.info("Start to dedicate FCP %s to "
                              "%s in z/VM." % (fcp, assigner_id))
                     # dedicate the FCP to the assigner in z/VM
@@ -2327,6 +2331,8 @@ def attach(self, connection_info):
         is_root_volume = connection_info.get('is_root_volume', False)
         fcp_template_id = connection_info['fcp_template_id']
         do_rollback = connection_info.get('do_rollback', True)
+        update_connections_only = connection_info.get(
+            'update_connections_only', False)
         LOG.info("attach with do_rollback as {}".format(do_rollback))
 
         if is_root_volume is False and \
@@ -2343,7 +2349,7 @@ def attach(self, connection_info):
                                 target_wwpns, target_lun,
                                 multipath, os_version,
                                 mount_point, is_root_volume,
-                                fcp_template_id, do_rollback=do_rollback)
+                                fcp_template_id, update_connections_only, do_rollback=do_rollback)
             except Exception:
                 for fcp in fcp_list:
                     with zvmutils.ignore_errors():